Discovering Destiny (Part 61): Thriving In A Time of Crisis
God will bless you to thrive!!!
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Today’s Word with Rick Piña
Discovering Destiny (Part 60): God Will Never Send You Where He Will Not Go With You
Wherever God leads, he feeds, and where he guides, he provides.
Discovering Destiny (Part 59): Your Tears Are Not Wasted
God will turn your tears around and make you receive a harvest on every one sown.
Discovering Destiny (Part 58): There Is A Reason God Sent You There
God has placed you there for such a time as this.
Discovering Destiny (Part 57): How God Proves You Have Changed
God will keep making you take the test until you pass.
God Gave Purpose and He Gives Wisdom | Full Sermon
Your purpose is fixed, and God gives you wisdom every day to walk it out.
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![God Will Give You Seed In The Middle Of Your Famine.
Watch what the people asked for in that last year. They did not only ask for food. They said, "give us seed [to plant], that we may live and not die." And Joseph answered, "Now here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land." Bread gets you through today. Seed builds tomorrow. Joseph did not just keep a nation alive. He set them up to plant again, and he gave them a system to live on: one-fifth to Pharaoh, and "four-fifths shall be your own to use for seed for the field and as food for you." God told Noah, "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest" will not stop (Genesis 8:22 AMPC). And Paul said God "multiplies the seed as you sow it" (2 Corinthians 9:10 TPT).
How this applies to you:
-- God does not just give you bread to survive. He gives you seed to sow into the future He planned for you.
-- The world functions on a system of buying and selling. The kingdom of God functions on a system of sowing and reaping.
-- Isabella and I are sowers. Whenever I am facing a difficult moment, I am comforted by the fact that we have seed in the ground. Our God is the Lord of the harvest, who will see to it that we reap a harvest on every seed sown.
-- There is a seed for every need. God set the whole world on a system of seedtime and harvest, sowing and reaping, and He gave every one of us a free will to operate within it. You get to decide what kind of harvest you receive by the kind of seed you choose to sow.
-- God gives us seed for sowing and bread for eating. Do not eat all of your seed. Joseph's system set seed aside first, because the next harvest depends on what you plant today.
-- I have taught you that grace positions you to prosper even in difficult seasons. Egypt did not just survive the famine. It made them rich!
-- God planned your destiny before you were born, and He put seed in your hand for every season of it.
-- The good news is that Paul told us that the same God who gives us seed for sowing and bread for eating actually multiplies the seed as we sow it (2 Cor 9:10).](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/831453748_18633176467043036_3727412530171100928_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=110&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=NAf9XTSZXQ8Q7kNvwGtYN1u&_nc_oc=Adr03gQaRNH555M5Gv9Qha8fKt6klh26Sew0lWtn-VFYmdBDOTgShM1vQDjLbbjH8yU&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=JiXzxRiOngobFYyRaFy94Q&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQInE6JLU9xtWJaF6qWXejKV3uEH-659vbVRzozkg1ZxYVVBWQvP_9_NviilLQpa_QbD9OPPtINl&oh=00_AQNbdJ3cLHGy8Z7-4R0JaJMxsJoZebpdJ1QyYoiudxwTMg&oe=6AC5F50C)
![God Trusts Faithful Stewards With More.
Now catch a line most people read right past: "Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house." Every coin in Egypt and Canaan passed through Joseph's hands. He was the second most powerful man in the nation, and nobody was standing over his shoulder counting. Not his house. Pharaoh's house. This is the same man who told Potiphar's wife that his master had put everything in his hands except her, and he would not take what was not his. The test changed rooms, but his integrity did not. Jesus said, "The one who faithfully manages the little he has been given will be promoted and trusted with greater responsibilities" (Luke 16:10-11 TPT). Paul said, "it is [essentially] required of stewards that a man should be found faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2 AMPC).
How this applies to you:
-- Joseph held the keys to the richest treasury on earth, and every coin went where it belonged.
-- Faithfulness is what carried Joseph from the dream God gave him at 17 into the fullness of the destiny God planned for him.
-- A steward manages what belongs to someone else. Joseph never forgot whose money it was.
-- Integrity gets tested when you are handling somebody else's money, and nobody is watching. Please make sure you pass that test
-- David led Israel "with an upright heart; he guided them by the discernment and skillfulness [which controlled] his hands" (Psalm 78:72 AMPC). Joseph had both. Skill got him the job, and integrity kept him in it.
-- God is looking for people He can trust with more.
-- God planned your destiny before you were born, and faithfulness is how you walk into the bigger parts of it.
-- Some of you are asking God for more while you are careless with what He already gave you. Be faithful with the little, because the little is the training ground for the much.](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/831354521_18633176347043036_3941782956414318305_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=hXhNn2kXgCcQ7kNvwHNa2ci&_nc_oc=AdrRjkjfWlFlBheEHKVDr5iG32wNQAPLevQbOpgfMVCa9sva6LZhFei6n1sZ92gbH8I&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=JiXzxRiOngobFYyRaFy94Q&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQK1LQK4uI8YpKt8pDzUFxN8FfzjGZQ97RVRdbNop0uLSzi-9OL6W2yuOYSgIRV84YQ7lGatQ7y4&oh=00_AQNv9dWMPlMNy5rWwxKjl1Wn7cKbvH6gKoAYgFTo1nkf8g&oe=6AC5E5D5)
![God Will Multiply You In A Place You Never Would Have Chosen.
Look at the second half of what God told Jacob: "I will there make of you a great nation." There. Not in Canaan, the land of promise. In Egypt. Jacob walked into Egypt with 70 people, and about 400 years later his descendants walked out a nation. Moses wrote it this way: "the descendants of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, and the land was full of them" (Exodus 1:7 AMPC). I have taught you that the Blessing is always working, even when you are somewhere you never would have chosen. Egypt was like an incubator. It was not a detour from the promise. It was the place God grew the promise until it was strong enough to walk out.
How this applies to you:
-- God does not need your favorite place to fulfill your destiny.
-- Jacob went down as a family of 70, and his descendants came out a nation. Nothing about that growth made sense on paper, and God planned all of it.
-- God planned your destiny before you were born, and He also picked the soil you would grow in.
-- Canaan was the promise, but Egypt was the process. You cannot have one without the other, and God knows exactly how long you need to be in each.
-- I have taught you that God is not using pressure to punish you. He is using it to process you.
-- Do not despise the place you are in, because God is multiplying your destiny there.
-- The same God who said "I will go down with you to Egypt" also said, "I will also surely bring you [your people Israel] up again." Egypt was never meant to be the final address. It was the place God would multiply you before He moved you again.
-- Destined people understand that life is a journey, and every stop on the road has a purpose.](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/825350324_18632815534043036_7061172137240164309_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=dvnXX4ucPRIQ7kNvwE6n8XH&_nc_oc=Ado94VDEA1fdEi22XjrXV4L5iO7QFzqoRpts2KFsjiS0XABvtdh_cAflgbA7yQxC-_U&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=JiXzxRiOngobFYyRaFy94Q&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQJ_5fMsdkN5DUrCRK1tFiI4c_mCmp2NYSfpUhnhq4H80lcJgqBxxMu4EzGuLC93gAXzUmOv2sp4&oh=00_AQNWHoxEHdoat7SVV-wG6WgDlTFzjWLj_n-AqnhbzYQRQA&oe=6AC60217)
![God Will Speak To You Before He Moves You.
Think about what Jacob was carrying when he got to Beersheba. He was leaving the land God promised his grandfather. He knew what Egypt had done to his family before. And he knew the word God gave his father: "Do not go down to Egypt." So Jacob stops and worships before he moves. I have taught you before that worship positions you to hear from God, and that night God spoke. Notice what God did not say. He did not say Egypt would be easy, and He did not say there would be no hard years ahead. He said, "I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you [your people Israel] up again." God did not just send Jacob to Egypt. God went with him. Isaiah says the same thing to you: "When you pass through the deep, stormy sea, you can count on me to be there with you" (Isaiah 43:2 TPT).
How this applies to you:
-- God speaks before He moves you, so you do not have to guess your way into your next season.
-- God said to Isaac, "Do not go down to Egypt." God said to Jacob, "Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt." It was the same family, dealing with the same thing (a famine), but it was a different assignment for a different season.
-- This is why it's critical for you to be able to hear from God. Just because God said, "Don't do something," in one season doesn't mean that He won't say, "Now it's time for you to do it." To walk out your destiny, you must be led by the Holy Spirit.
-- Egypt had been a dangerous place for his family, and God spoke peace before He ever gave the instruction.
-- God is committed to your destiny, and He will never leave you. But when you drift outside His will, there will be moments when you do not sense His presence, and His power and anointing will not flow the way they could because you are misaligned with what you are assigned to do.
-- You do not manufacture God's flow. His grace, His power, and His blessing flow in alignment with His purpose, and when you repent, get back in faith, and align with your divine assignment, you step back into a flow that never stopped. It was there the whole time, and you were just out of position.](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/830390025_18632815432043036_4146032052163476171_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=102&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=gFQYnU2ELTQQ7kNvwG-DHJX&_nc_oc=AdolSXxT4H1DSbUAFEbTc4bJn4O9nWGkahCLbbnTEhuoekxlSn0lNRxlttzdf-g6j_w&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=JiXzxRiOngobFYyRaFy94Q&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQKXxlAHyFJMYGKYSU64Z6RRyTf1Ti1sVv-lPXp9D4XeuRYIiQL41-s_V9rFSDakhB7IlF7oKGL0&oh=00_AQODW8K4c_qxoEZzfByKfskxLyYm6POT6wHpGwyhaZKktw&oe=6AC5FD3D)
![Having A Divine Perspective Makes It Easy To Forgive People.
-- The people who hurt you were never powerful enough to write your destiny.
-- Joseph did not deny what they did. He said it out loud: "whom you sold into slavery in Egypt." Then he told them God was the one who sent him.
-- What they meant for harm and what God meant for good happened inside the same event.
-- Paul said all things "work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good" (Romans 8:28 AMPC). Not all things are good. All things are woven.
-- Joseph forgave men who never said they were sorry, because he had already settled who was really running his life.
-- When you know God is moving pieces around on the chessboard of your life, then the attacks against you don’t seem as bad. You see them as moves from the enemy. Sometimes the enemy manipulates people to do things to you, and they don’t even know why they are doing it. So when you have a divine perspective, it is easier to forgive them, because you recognize the force behind the scenes. This is how Jesus was able to look at Peter and say, "Get thee behind me, Satan." Jesus was not upset with Peter; he was rebuking Satan.
-- Jesus was able to look into a crowd and see faces who were saying, “Crucify Him!” Many of those faces cried out “Hosanna!” just a few days earlier. But since Jesus had a divine perspective, He said, “Father, forgive them. They don’t even know what they are doing.” (Rick Pina Version).
-- If you are still waiting on somebody to admit what they did before you can move, you missed the point of the chess game. It’s bigger than them. God is moving, and satan is moving, and just as long as you keep your eyes fixed on God, you will not be moved by the people satan manipulates to get in your way.
-- Say it out loud today. God sent me. It was never about them!](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/828676384_18632133466043036_4924496645056701179_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=ufPA3RKBYQ0Q7kNvwGb-evq&_nc_oc=Adol0uAA8IxduRo-a2dFe4wyxh49kSbfvdIRFT1PlRoo8kkdwWUSm5V-1SPhjwwqd54&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=JiXzxRiOngobFYyRaFy94Q&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQIa8FNWNoaj__mS57lktDtCx6LPiIEKrQicF7X3ocB5DjNDtvoz14jKZPVAs9RycHTHnOoVKB_2&oh=00_AQNEqiHdqvJYL_dhmN0RRpOH3a-gqlVHf8rnnH5yt7Gjmw&oe=6AC611B4)
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